Energy Efficient Computing from the Desktop to the Data Center!

Terell Jones

Mr. Jones is the National Director of Cloud Services with Core BTS, Inc., a $180M corporation. He is based out of Fairfax, VA and handles the eastern region for cloud computing. After serving in the first Gulf War in the U.S. Navy Mr. Jones entered the IT field in 1995. He has over 17 years in Information Technology in the fields of Green IT, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and Managed Services. He is internationally known as “the Green IT Guy” specializing in energy efficient computing from the desktop to the data center, from hardware to software, from the network to the virtual cloud. He has served as the Deputy Director at the Green IT Council since 2010.

According to Wikipedia, a disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is
an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and
eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network (over a
few years or decades), displacing an earlier technology. The term is used in
business and technology literature to describe innovations that improve a
product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically first
by designing for a different set of consumers in the new market and later by
lowering prices in the existing market. Virtualization and software design
have been the main drivers in the development of disruptive innovations in
hardware.
From the Desktop...
One of the main concerns at the desktop level is the need for powerful, yet
efficient endpoints, but desktop virtualization rapidly changed the
landscape. The endpoints can ... (more)

I have been asked to moderate a cloud computing discussion at Green Gov 2012.
The title of the session is “Cloud Computing: The Next Generation of
Computing and Sustainable IT”. It is a great honor to be selected to
participate as moderator. I believe this is my second go around. As National
Director of Cloud Services with Core BTS, Inc. it is my job to articulate the
value of cloud computing. I have been pondering the title a bit and for me to
actually discuss the next generation of Cloud, we have to identify the
current situation. The cloud has gone way beyond Google Mail and S... (more)

I could be here all day discussing vendors, but I won't go down that rabbit
hole, I'll just say brush up on your VMware skills and all the extra moving
parts that go with it. For every dollar of VMware sold their is $15 dollars
worth of auxiliary needs and wants. I personally favor VMware because it
rocks!
Top Ten Green IT Solutions:
Virtualization Data Center Optimization Power Management Data De-Duplication
Electronic Waste Management Cloud Computing Carbon Accounting & Management
Teleconference Telecommute/Telework Paperless Solutions, Document Management
Bonus Green IT Solu... (more)

I wonder how much Vivek Kundra's departure will slow down the government's
innovation, which is already too slow! I may be able to understand Vivek's
frustration with the Federal Government. He is responsible for Data.gov.
His plans to consolidate over 800 federal data centers, the Federal Cloud
Strategy, and his legacy of the "25 Point Plan" are stuff of legend. I mean
how long does it take to steer the course of an aircraft carrier? The federal
government is a huge ship that moves very slow. Vivek's a pretty young guy,
so he may not know that it takes a while to move large ... (more)

Every time someone asks me what I do, I tell them, "I'm the Green IT Guy and
I help companies and organizations become energy efficient from the desktop
to the data center, from hardware to software, from the network to the
virtual cloud." It took me a while to articulate that. For some reason
energy efficient computing was not hitting the mark. Sometimes you have to
repeat yourself over and over again. IT professionals would snicker and say
stuff like, "Isn't the Internet already Green because it is paperless, and
online?" This illustrates how far the industry has gone from... (more)